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BBC - History - Banners of the British Labour Movement
Five part article by Dr Myna Trustram on symbolism in British working class protest.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/society_culture/protest_reform/banners_01.shtml

British Labour History
Information on a wide range of British labour movement history and trade union leaders from the Chelmsford TUC.
http://www.chelmsfordtuc.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/labourhistory.html

The British Working Class in Postwar Film
Kevin Redhouse reviews the book by Philip Gillett, a sociological study of postwar Britain and the ways in which film portrayed the working class, the relationship between cinema as a means of popular entertainment and as a text is played out within the establishment of an historical context.
http://www.popmatters.com/books/reviews/b/british-working-class-in-postwar-film.shtml

The Development of the British Working Class, A Debate: Part I - Suite101.com
Part 1 of a two-part series exploring the debate among British historians about the emergence and development of the British working class during the 19th century.
http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/british_history/30963

History Today: The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes. (book review)
Review of the book by Jonathan Rose.
http://www.findarticles.com/cf_dls/m1373/3_52/83761985/p1/article.jhtml

Marx and Engels, The British Working Class and the Labour Party
Article on the influence of Marx and Engels on working class history in Britain.
http://www.socialistvoice.org/m_e_lp_part1.htm

A Short History of the British Working Class Movement
Online book by Ken Knapman explores the Chartist movement, the history of trade unions, the co-operative movement and the labour movement into the twentieth century.
http://www.w-mids.freeserve.co.uk/historybwccontents.htm

Victorian Life
Examines the plight of the working class and the poor under Victorianism.
http://www.angelfire.com/ok/hoddies/victoriana.html

The Labour Movement In Leicester 1883-2003
An illustrated history of the labour movement in Leicester covering the last 120 years. Contains photographs and other visual material from this period.
http://mysite.freeserve.com/leicester_labhis/index.html



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